Summary

  • England slip to 14-3 - target 74

  • Bairstow 11*, Lawrence 7*

  • Sibley 2, Crawley 8, Root run out 1

  • Bairstow survives run-out chance

  • Two wickets for Embuldeniya

  • Sri Lanka 359: Thirimanne 111

  • First hundred since 2013

  • Mathews 71, K Perera 62

  • Leach 5-122, Bess 3-100

  • First Test, day four, Galle

  • Two-Test series postponed from March

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews

  1. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    WHAT IS GOING ON?!

  2. Eng 15-3

    Target 74

    STOP TAKING QUICK SINGLES.

    Jonny Bairstow almost runs himself out after almost being caught at gully.

  3. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    This is why the game of cricket is so extraordinary.

    The bowler got right in front of Root I'm pretty sure. They almost collided.

  4. 14-3, chasing 74...

  5. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Root was run out by yards.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Root run out (Dickwella) 1 (Eng 14-3)

    So Jonny Bairstow calls Joe Root through for a quick single, but Root is late to set off. He'd have been struggling anyway but then he collides with the bowler as he races and ends up dropping his bat with the stumps already splattered.

  7. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is going to be out I'm pretty sure.

  8. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

  9. Umpire review

    Oh my word, Jonny Bairstow has fully run his captain out here.

  10. Eng 14-2

    A very excitable appeal as Joe Root goes to sweep first up and sends the ball to slip, but it's come off the pad, rather than the bat.

    Root is off the mark with a single to mid-wicket.

  11. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    This is the 11th time England's openers have been out for single-figure scores in both innings in a Test. It happened most recently in the Headingley Test of 2019.

  12. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    If Sri Lanka can get Root early...

  13. That's a bad shot from Zak Crawley, all things considered. Completely lost his shape as he went for a drive.

  14. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    If England were chasing 150 I don't think I would back them to win.

  15. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Beautifully bowled. That stems from a couple of the balls that have skidded on.

    Joe Root is coming to save the day.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Crawley c K Mendis b Embuldeniya 8 (Eng 12-2)

    Caught in the gully!

    Another arm ball from Lasith Embuldeniya, the ball skidding straight on, and Zak Crawley drives it straight into the hands of Kusal Mendis at gully. He got plenty of bat behind that, and that is a fine catch from a man who has been in the wars in this match.

  17. Eng 12-1

    A beauty from Lasith Embuldeniya, fizzing past Zak Crawley's outside edge as he straighens up in surprise.

    A lengthy appeal from Embuldeniya is turned down as he raps Crawley on the pad.

  18. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I think England would quite like play to be called off now. They can come back and regroup tomorrow.

  19. Eng 11-1

    Need 62 to win

    Singles, singles and more singles. That's all England need right now. Don't do anything daft.

  20. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka just have a little chance. It would have been interesting had Dickwella caught that one off Crawley.